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Governor delivers third annual State of the State

1/25/2017

Governor Bruce Rauner delivered his third State of the State address this week and while he used the opportunity to highlight some key accomplishments of his first two years in office, he also applauded the Senate’s ongoing efforts to develop a balanced budget with key reforms.

“Thank you for working so hard to try to come together on a bipartisan basis to find a compromise to get a truly balanced budget with changes to the system to help job creators and protect taxpayers. We all know this is very, very difficult. There is a lot of arrows. Please don’t give up, please keep working, please keep trying. The people of Illinois need you to succeed.”

Delivering his remarks before a joint session of the Illinois legislature, Rauner also highlighted the success the state has had over the past two years in delivering record funding for education, strengthening ethics reforms, improving government efficiency, creating jobs, and reforming the state’s criminal just system.